Researchers at De Montfort University in Leicester have secured £113,000 in funding to develop a navigation device that can gather information from a variety of satellite systems. The sat-nav device ...

This is after 17 years of development and billions spent. We tend to use “GPS” the way we use “Kleenex” or “Band-Aid”—as a brand name substitute for the generic “satellite navigation system.” But the ...

31 Jan 2024, 16:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Blindly trusting GPS navigation once again has serious consequences, as a driver went off a ramp and over a median as he was following the sat-nav 26 Jan ...

ESA plans to use its upcoming Lunar Pathfinder mission to experiment with expanding sat-nav coverage to the Moon. By tuning in to the radio signals leaking from the Galileo and GPS satellite ...

According to new research, older drivers may be able to hold onto their driving licenses for longer if they install a specific gadget in their vehicles. A study by the University of East Anglia found ...

As United States consumers become more familiar with factory-installed navigation systems in their vehicles they are demanding more functionality, according to the JD Power and Associates 2004 ...

With a recent study implicating driver inattention as a factor contributing to 78% of observed vehicle crashes, a team of psychologists at Royal Holloway, University of London and spatial scientists ...

Sat-nav systems can not only sometimes send motorists the wrong way but also impair driving, a study suggests. Researchers at University of London and Lancaster University tested drivers in a car ...

Gadgets contribute to nearly 300,000 accidents... Many drivers can't imagine life without their trusty sat-nav - but the motorist's best friend is being blamed for causing hundreds of thousands of ...

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